The Marbletown Schoolhouse will once again be open to visitors Saturdays from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm starting August 15th through September 26th. We hope you will stop by and tour the building. Our volunteer docents will be happy to show you around and answer any questions.
It’s a snug, red-bricked building, commanding the northeast corner of the Marbletown and Miller Roads intersection in the Town of Arcadia. The small hamlet of Marbletown is located just south of Newark, NY. The schoolhouse, built in 1876, was a landmark in this rural hamlet and served the area children until it closed its doors in l947. when Truman was President.
During those intervening years, hundreds of children, from Grades l through 8, were taught by one teacher, in one room. When the Newark-Arcadia Schools were centralized, students were bused to the Village, and the rural one-room schools (of which there were 19) were closed. Marbletown Schoolhouse is a classic example of a simpler time; one slower paced and perhaps offering a more friendly and personal way of learning. The wood stove is still operational as is the school bell and most of the desks, found up in the attic recesses, are original to the building.
Marbletown Schoolhouse has been lovingly restored by the Newark-Arcadia Historical Society members, to reflect the 1940’s – the time of the last class, the final goodbye!
It plays host to visitors year round. The treasures within the building are fondly admired as well as the grounds outside where so many happy students played.
Anyone interested in visiting or arranging a tour of the schoolhouse please contact the Newark Arcadia Museum at 315-331-6409.
Newark’s T. Spencer Knight Canal Park will be the site for John Zornow’s presentation, “Gone But Not Forgotten”, with slides and narration about Newark’s history. The date is Thursday, Aug. 20th at 7:30. Rain date will be the following week (Thurs. 8/27).
I’m Jim Weiler and I became president of the Society on June 15, 2020. It’s a challenging time for the Society as it is for the world in general.  We have had to walk down a number of new roads in the past five months, but as the uncertainty has subsided, our path has become clearer. The museum is now open from 1:00 to 3:00 on Saturdays and we are exploring the possibility of also opening the schoolhouse to the public. We are hoping to host an outdoor lecture in late August and then again in September if all goes well. Indoor lectures will have to wait until better times.